Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:20163159000
Revision Date:2016-04-13Version:1
Title:CVE-2016-3159 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - medium.
Description:The fpu_fxrstor function in arch/x86/i387.c in Xen 4.x does not properly handle writes to the hardware FSW.ES bit when running on AMD64 processors, which allows local guest OS users to obtain sensitive register content information from another guest by leveraging pending exception and mask bits. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2013-2076.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2016-3159
Platform(s):Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
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Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) is installed.
  • AND The 'xen' package in trusty was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.6').
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